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because we still have 23 million people unemployed. >> the first half year of barack obama obama was just a financial meltdown. brought on by eight years of republican administration. >> let's go back and look at his promises. we can look at his promises from his convention speech four years ago where he said he was going to create more jobs and get the debt down. i think it is very symbolic of something you didn't hear. the national debt reached $16 trillion. that's very substantial. you did not hear the democrats talking about how to get that debt down for our children and grandchildren. >> before we get into the nitty-gritty of broken promises, we did see an extraordinary bit of video in the teddy kennedy tribute which had your guy, mitt romney, apparently saying on the record in a debate he's pro-choice when it comes to abortion. what surprised me is not that he flip-flop on that. we know about that. he was 47 years old. i'm 47 years old. much as i'd love to be a spring chicken, i'm not. i'm a fully rounded adult. is it really conceivable his view just evolved? or is it not more
because we still have 23 million people unemployed. >> the first half year of barack obama obama was just a financial meltdown. brought on by eight years of republican administration. >> let's go back and look at his promises. we can look at his promises from his convention speech four years ago where he said he was going to create more jobs and get the debt down. i think it is very symbolic of something you didn't hear. the national debt reached $16 trillion. that's very...
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obama and boehner. one quote, it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. >>> plus, the dnc up against mtv. the vmas are tonight. from the network that spearheaded the rock the vote campaign, are they shooting themselves in the foot here? >>> and next year begins now for the 32 nfl teams looking to take home the lombardi trophy. and what better way to kick off the nfl season than with one of the biggest rivalries, the cowboys and the giants. "newsroom" starts now. >>> and good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. we begin in charlotte where democrats are setting the stage for the big finale. but an elder superstar of the party may have stolen the show. we'll listen to some key moments of bill clinton's rousing speech to the party faithful in just a moment. expectations were high, and by virtually all accounts the former president delivered. that will make a tough act to follow for vice president joe biden, who delivers a "primetime" address on this fina
obama and boehner. one quote, it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. >>> plus, the dnc up against mtv. the vmas are tonight. from the network that spearheaded the rock the vote campaign, are they shooting themselves in the foot here? >>> and next year begins now for the 32 nfl teams looking to take home the lombardi trophy. and what better way to kick off the nfl season than with one of the biggest rivalries, the cowboys and the giants....
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and then senator obama, they had a lot to overcome. and it really was not much of a reaching out or relationship all through 2009 and most of 2010. >> it was all on the golf course? >> what happened was one of obama's political advisors and called clinton advisors and said we want you to do campaign events and they said no. that's not how it works. we have got build a relationship between the two guys. let's get them on the golf course. >> is it better now? >> nobody on either side of this relationship tried to argue to me that these two guys are good friends. sometimes they would argue the opposite. it's a complicated relationship. >> they need each other don't they? >> they do need each other. bill clinton along with michelle obama whose approval ratings are in the 60s. it's a no-brainer to get this guy on his team. >> funny. he furiously denies this. it doesn't mean very much. >> he wouldn't deny it to me. >> two democrats. very, very knowledgeable about this told me that he regularly says that he's going to vote for mitt romney. wh
and then senator obama, they had a lot to overcome. and it really was not much of a reaching out or relationship all through 2009 and most of 2010. >> it was all on the golf course? >> what happened was one of obama's political advisors and called clinton advisors and said we want you to do campaign events and they said no. that's not how it works. we have got build a relationship between the two guys. let's get them on the golf course. >> is it better now? >> nobody on...
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obama. he worked for welfare reform and worked with republicans to cut spending and he did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> i want the review the '90s here, because the '90s described are not the '90s i remember and i was up on capitol hill when president clinton presented a budget that no republican voted for and two government shutdowns because the republicans in the white house could not get together on spending and what a budget should look like and when there was an impeachment process, so this is not some kumbaya time. >> no, it was very tough. >> and very tough time and yet the americans are embracing bill clinton and basically why? >> well, if you are paul ryan you did what i did in the 1990s come up with a serious plan and try to get to a balanced budget and you are invited to a speech when you are not able to defend yourself. we passed welfare reform twice, but it was defeated twice. and when the democrats lost in 1994, bill and hillary clint
obama. he worked for welfare reform and worked with republicans to cut spending and he did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> i want the review the '90s here, because the '90s described are not the '90s i remember and i was up on capitol hill when president clinton presented a budget that no republican voted for and two government shutdowns because the republicans in the white house could not get together on spending and what a budget should look like...
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. >> obama! obama! >> reporter: barack obama promised change. >> this is our chance to turn the page on the policies of the last seven and a half years. >> reporter: the promises he made were big and they were specific. >> we are going to roll back the bush tax cuts. >> reporter: instead,' greed to extend those tax cuts for two more years, in a compromise to get republicans to extend jobless benefits to millions of unemployed americans. >> i have no doubt that everyone will find something in this compromise that they don't like. in fact, there are things in here that i don't like. >> reporter: barack obama promised to clean up the financial sector. >> we've got to solve this banking crisis. >> reporter: but opposition in congress watered the reforms down. banks are still risking your money. some say wall street is as treacherous as ever. barack obama promised foreclosure relief. >> we're going to put together a foreclosure fund to help people stay in their homes. >> reporter: his multiple plans did help
. >> obama! obama! >> reporter: barack obama promised change. >> this is our chance to turn the page on the policies of the last seven and a half years. >> reporter: the promises he made were big and they were specific. >> we are going to roll back the bush tax cuts. >> reporter: instead,' greed to extend those tax cuts for two more years, in a compromise to get republicans to extend jobless benefits to millions of unemployed americans. >> i have no...
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obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that every one of us in this room who amounts to anything, we're all completely self-made. one of the greatest chairmen the democratic party ever had, bob strauss, used to say that every politician wants every voter to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself. but as strauss then admitted, it ain't so. we democrats, we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it, where the relentless focus on the future with business and go
obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that...
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obama? >> believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bill was actually higher than our mortgage. yeah. we were so young, so in love, and so in debt. and that's why barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down. because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt. so in the end, for barack, these issues aren't political. they're personal. because barack knows what it means when a family struggles. he knows what it means to want something more for your kids and grandkids. barack knows the american dream because he's lived it. and he wants everyone in this country, everyone, to have the same opportunity. he reminds me that we are playing a long game here. and that change is hard. and change is slow. and it never happens all at once. but eventually, we get there. we always do. we get there because of folks like my dad. folks like barack's grandmother. men and w
obama? >> believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bill was actually higher than our mortgage. yeah. we were so young, so in love, and so in debt. and that's why barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down. because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of debt. so in the end, for barack, these issues aren't political. they're personal. because barack...
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he framed obama's willingness to compromise in the most personal of ways. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. >> heck. >> that was so vintage bill clinton. that obviously was by far the highlight so far. earlier, the way that the day started was not so good. it was pretty awful, even chaotic for the democrats. they tried to fix an error that they realized they made politically by taking out the word god from the plot form and taking out the concept of jerusalem as israel capital. they changed it but they did it in a way that they had to have a voice vote to do so. and the chair of the convention, mayor villaraigosa had to go it three times to be able to say, i think we have pictures of this, that there was a two-thirds majority. i was standing there, john, during this awkward moment. there was booing, actual booing in the room. there were not a lot of people who were happy about that. >> this was a moment of chaos and completely unforced error for the democrats and one they clea
he framed obama's willingness to compromise in the most personal of ways. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. >> heck. >> that was so vintage bill clinton. that obviously was by far the highlight so far. earlier, the way that the day started was not so good. it was pretty awful, even chaotic for the democrats. they tried to fix an error that they realized they made...
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president obama has not reached out to him all the time because president obama doesn't really reach out to anybody all the time. but last fall after some aides met he asked the president -- obama asked president clinton to have a round of golf. they had a round of golf, they started talking. the relationship grew a little closer. and i think that was around the time when president obama realized that maybe it would be a great idea to have bill clinton become his character witness here at this convention. so i think they've grown closer. they certainly respect each other. but you know, wolf, and you know this relationships between presidents current and former are always kind of tricky. this one in particular. >> yeah. >> a lot of history. >> a lot of history there. if last night was an effort by the democrats to solidify the liberal base of the democratic party, get that vote night, i think tonight will be an effort to solidify the more moderate democrats. because bill clinton can be rather effective with that group of democrats and get the vote out. >> he re-invented the democratic
president obama has not reached out to him all the time because president obama doesn't really reach out to anybody all the time. but last fall after some aides met he asked the president -- obama asked president clinton to have a round of golf. they had a round of golf, they started talking. the relationship grew a little closer. and i think that was around the time when president obama realized that maybe it would be a great idea to have bill clinton become his character witness here at this...
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michelle obama, a woman. they are catering to identity politics because this is really how democrats rally their base. you are unified and you're against romney. what are you for? >> for right. >> let me ask you this. ann romney spoke last night the first night of the republican convention. michelle obama speaks tonight. how are the rules different? >> as sitting first lady, michelle obama has probably the highest approval rating of anybody in the administration. >> i think her job last week was to introduce herself. i think she did a pretty good job. but everybody loves michelle obama. bill clinton and my you shell obama are the secret weapon. >> i can't disagree with that as a republican. republicans like michelle obama. she will do a great job for her party tonight. and ann romney will make a great first lady as well. >> you both have a unique point of view on a key part of the democratic platform which is support for same-sex marriage. we support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-s
michelle obama, a woman. they are catering to identity politics because this is really how democrats rally their base. you are unified and you're against romney. what are you for? >> for right. >> let me ask you this. ann romney spoke last night the first night of the republican convention. michelle obama speaks tonight. how are the rules different? >> as sitting first lady, michelle obama has probably the highest approval rating of anybody in the administration. >> i...
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family, michelle obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. so i'm going to be at home. i'm going to be watching it with our girls. and i am going to try not to let them see their daddy cry. because when michelle starts talking, i -- i start getting all misty. but i'm looking forward to being in charlotte, myself. i'll go down there tomorrow and, you know, last week our friends in the other party had their convention. don't boo. vote. vote. >> four more years! four more years! four more years! >> now, now, just in case some of you missed it, some of you didn't dvr the republican convention, let me give you a basic recap. basically they said, first of all, everything's bad and it's obama's fault. and governor romney knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. the only problem was he kept it secret. there was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, but they never bothered to tell you what they were. and when my opponent had the chance to offer
family, michelle obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. so i'm going to be at home. i'm going to be watching it with our girls. and i am going to try not to let them see their daddy cry. because when michelle starts talking, i -- i start getting all misty. but i'm looking forward to being in charlotte, myself. i'll go down there tomorrow and, you know, last week our friends in the other party had their convention. don't boo. vote. vote. >>...
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advantage obama. today, mitt's slips. >> i know i am not getting 100% of the vote and my campaign will focus on those people we think we can bring in to support me. >> adding up romney's 47% program with lindsey graham and democratic senator dick durbin. >>> and the deadly attacks on americans in libya. it is apparently not what we thought. the latest from house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers. >>> and who are those people anyway? i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> as mitt romney struggled to regain footing after his 47% victim remark, the president was contemplating his first four years and a slight change to the hope and change theme. >> you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. that's how i got elected. we are at that point on the campaign where everything becomes fodder on the stump. >> the president threw in the white flag of surrender again. he said he can't change washington from the inside. he can only change it from
advantage obama. today, mitt's slips. >> i know i am not getting 100% of the vote and my campaign will focus on those people we think we can bring in to support me. >> adding up romney's 47% program with lindsey graham and democratic senator dick durbin. >>> and the deadly attacks on americans in libya. it is apparently not what we thought. the latest from house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers. >>> and who are those people anyway? i'm candy crowley. and...
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that's an obama quote. more recently the president has said he wants people to feel like they're getting a fair shot. in a december interview with "60 minutes" president obama talked about inequality and people like teachers and small business owners who are working hard but feel like they're just treading water. in response to the 1998 comments you just heard here, the obama campaign says mr. obama was making an argument for more efficient and effective government. they say the president believes there are "steps we can take to promote opportunity." here's the question, is the redistribution of wealth president obama's answer to america's problems? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on the blog. or go to our post on "the situation room" facebook page. wolf. >>> all right, jack. get ready for a ton, ton of e-mail coming in, reaction. thank you. meanwhile, new developments today in a major scandal involving the obama justice department. one high level official has now resigned and another has abruptl
that's an obama quote. more recently the president has said he wants people to feel like they're getting a fair shot. in a december interview with "60 minutes" president obama talked about inequality and people like teachers and small business owners who are working hard but feel like they're just treading water. in response to the 1998 comments you just heard here, the obama campaign says mr. obama was making an argument for more efficient and effective government. they say the...
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and barack obama's very good at that. what mitt romney has to do in that critical debate,s can coming up in a couple of weeks is say, look, i'm not as stylish as barack obama but i've got a plan. i know how to create jobs and this guy's failed. he hasn't done that. >> there's feeling your pain and there's fixing your pain. there are a lack of specifics from both of these candidates, frankly, about what the next four years is going to look like. what do we need to hear from them that tells us they're going to fix the fiscal cliff and the spending in this country? >> it's hard to ask them to give specifics when the voters don't want to hear it. when you look at what -- >> why don't they want to hear it? because it's going to hurt? >> yeah. it's sort of, well, what has to happen to our taxes if the government's borrowing so much? they have to go up. but not mine, right, somebody else's taxes have to go up or some program i want has to change. and nobody want that is. that's why the fiscal cliff is coming up because they can'
and barack obama's very good at that. what mitt romney has to do in that critical debate,s can coming up in a couple of weeks is say, look, i'm not as stylish as barack obama but i've got a plan. i know how to create jobs and this guy's failed. he hasn't done that. >> there's feeling your pain and there's fixing your pain. there are a lack of specifics from both of these candidates, frankly, about what the next four years is going to look like. what do we need to hear from them that tells...
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the problem that obama has with bill clinton is that obama is not your daddy's democrat. he's not a mainstream democrat like bill clinton. bill clinton worked with both sides of the aisle. he was able to get things done. bush worked with both sides of the aisle. >> as you well know, some of the people would say that's because the republicans have been obstructionists. >> but wait a second. obama had for two of the four years he was president, obama had a super majority in the house, a 60 vote majority in the u.s. senate. he passed a billion dollars -- >> my question is, is clinton going to be a big problem for you? the minute he points and says, president bush, everybody, the gop is a picture of president bush who started with a surplus and spent it down? >> no, not at all. i think the opposite. bill clinton is actually going to help us because he's going to illustrate to the american people that barack obama is not bill clinton. barack obama made everything worse. he wasn't able to work with anybody on the other side of the aisle. he didn't show leadership and didn't ful
the problem that obama has with bill clinton is that obama is not your daddy's democrat. he's not a mainstream democrat like bill clinton. bill clinton worked with both sides of the aisle. he was able to get things done. bush worked with both sides of the aisle. >> as you well know, some of the people would say that's because the republicans have been obstructionists. >> but wait a second. obama had for two of the four years he was president, obama had a super majority in the house,...
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no more obama! no more obama! >> -- rage exploded across the country. >> this is a vehicle to take us down a path of total socialism and totalitarianism. >> when it came to explaining health care, the president seemed to play the role of professor in chief. >> he seems to lack that emotional bit when he's talking about the politics. he's very wonkish. which surprises people. because on the campaign trail, he seemed to be a different person. >> in a final blow, a crucial democratic seat passed into republican hands. >> ted kennedy's seat in the u.s. senate, which he had occupied for 46 years until his death last year, has been won by a republican. >> the president had lost the votes he needed to pass health care reform. his staff told him to scale back the bill or pause and return to it later. >> one of his senior advisers said to him, you know, mr. president, unless you're feeling lucky, i just don't think this is going to happen. >> i was making a joke to him. i said, look, my name's barack obama a
no more obama! no more obama! >> -- rage exploded across the country. >> this is a vehicle to take us down a path of total socialism and totalitarianism. >> when it came to explaining health care, the president seemed to play the role of professor in chief. >> he seems to lack that emotional bit when he's talking about the politics. he's very wonkish. which surprises people. because on the campaign trail, he seemed to be a different person. >> in a final blow, a...
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obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. he told a story in that clip. all the problems were caud by the republicans for the last eight years, it was bill clinton that signed financial deregulati deregulation. it was democrats who stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac which helped create the mortgage crisis. so he told a great story. the problem is, he used some facts that helped him, and ignored some facts that didn't help him, it was vintage clinton, it was great to watch. it was a great story.
obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an...
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obama, but it has changed michelle. she is a political pro. she is terrific in the delivery, and she knew exactly what to do and she did it. ann romney knew what she had to do and did it. both spouses in this case are terrific assets for their husband. michelle went out there, and she knew how to energize the base, but at the same time in a race with the romneys and ones were eating tuna and one was in a s rusty car and so after we got past the race of who was poorer and lived more humbly as young people, we could get to the policy. so it was a different speech poli policy-wise, but humanizing the men they were married to, and you see obama in four years, he's no longer the poor chicago state senator that we first met in 2004. he is now a millionaire who has been living in the white house and flying around in air force one, and so she had to humanize him and not just romney. >> it is the argument that your parents make. i had to go to school uphill both ways. >> barefoot. >> yes, barefoot as well. >> and marie, what is
obama, but it has changed michelle. she is a political pro. she is terrific in the delivery, and she knew exactly what to do and she did it. ann romney knew what she had to do and did it. both spouses in this case are terrific assets for their husband. michelle went out there, and she knew how to energize the base, but at the same time in a race with the romneys and ones were eating tuna and one was in a s rusty car and so after we got past the race of who was poorer and lived more humbly as...
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obama's lowest deficit is $1 trillion. so, obama has been adding debt at a sort of unsustainable level. and all i'm saying is we're a rich country, we can afford to be extravagant and even a little reckless, but at a certain point, you hit a tipping point, and that's when you're risking -- >> but why intentional? >> well, i'm saying that if you look at obama's anticolonial ideology, which is an ideology, essentially, of global redistribution, to redistribute wealth and power globally. now, just look at what the effect of that is. if our children and grandchildren have $20 trillion of debt and $10 trillion would have been added by one man, obama, then they're going to have to pay it back, and a lot of that debt is owed to the kuwaitis, the saudis, the chinese, so debt becomes a form of global redistribution over time. money ends up going outside of america and to the rest of the world. >> you also say that the president is trying to level this global playing field, as you're saying, and grow more superpowers. what countries
obama's lowest deficit is $1 trillion. so, obama has been adding debt at a sort of unsustainable level. and all i'm saying is we're a rich country, we can afford to be extravagant and even a little reckless, but at a certain point, you hit a tipping point, and that's when you're risking -- >> but why intentional? >> well, i'm saying that if you look at obama's anticolonial ideology, which is an ideology, essentially, of global redistribution, to redistribute wealth and power...
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obama. michelle obama, the first lady, delivered a really politically astute piece. it was well written. but her delivery was phenomenal. her growth as a politician or political figure over the years has been extraordinary. everyone left that building last night really buzzing about how she did. >> yeah. definitely charged up. we'll check back in with you. thank you, john. >>> eight minutes past the hour. canadian investigators are trying to figure out why a gunman opened fire during a newly elected premier's victory speech. one person was killed. another is now critically injured. quebec's premier elect was rushed off the stage, not hurt, as a suspect was dragged to the police cruiser he shouted in french, tehe english are waking up. what that alludes to is clear. she'll be quebec's first female prime minister. >>> in just about two hours, two astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the international space station for their second spacewalk in six days. they will be attempting to install a spare power switching unit on the space station. a similar attempt last t
obama. michelle obama, the first lady, delivered a really politically astute piece. it was well written. but her delivery was phenomenal. her growth as a politician or political figure over the years has been extraordinary. everyone left that building last night really buzzing about how she did. >> yeah. definitely charged up. we'll check back in with you. thank you, john. >>> eight minutes past the hour. canadian investigators are trying to figure out why a gunman opened fire...
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it is obama's fault. and governor romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. >> the president's case for four more years and joining me is martin o'malley and bev per due and antonio villaraigosa. and also, we will be joined by eric fehrnstrom and also the other star of the republican national convention, ann romney. and we will be joined by "washington post" chief political writer dan balz and jessica yellin, cnn chief white house correspondent. all on this edition of "state of the union." >>> the president is running for reelection on difficult terrain. no president has won re-election in in economic climate. no president has retaken the presidency after over 8% unemployment, and chairman ben bernanke warns that the economy is far from satisfactory and the stagnation of the market is of grave concern. and the president's job approval rating has hovered around 50%, and the enthusiasm from democrats is down from four years ago. join ming me are north carolina gov
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after four years of barack obama, obama economics, everything they promised hasn't come true. the stimulus. we were supposed to be at 6%. why aren't we? obama care, if you pass it, premiums will go down. they're going up. i promise you i'll reduce the deficit in my first term. it's gone up 50%. >> to the question, senator graham. >> ask yourself is president obama's energy policies good for you and your family? go to the gas pump. go look on your 401k statement. >> isn't the question would mitt romney have donnie better, and don't people look at him and think he doesn't get me? >> oh, that's what this is about, yes. he -- during the debates he will tell you i'm about to repeal obama care and work with democrats to replace with something that matters. i'm not going to have another stimulus package that grows the government, doesn't create jobs. i'm going to give you certainty in your taxes. i'm iffing to take the e.p.a. this made it very hard for people to grow their business and reform the regulatory side. i'm going to bring you certainty in taxes, and we're going to stop spen
after four years of barack obama, obama economics, everything they promised hasn't come true. the stimulus. we were supposed to be at 6%. why aren't we? obama care, if you pass it, premiums will go down. they're going up. i promise you i'll reduce the deficit in my first term. it's gone up 50%. >> to the question, senator graham. >> ask yourself is president obama's energy policies good for you and your family? go to the gas pump. go look on your 401k statement. >> isn't the...
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thank you, president obama. an asses ancestral home of the first people of alaska. >> i spent half my life covering bill clinton. love him or not, and there are a lot of people in the not column. he was a polarizing guy when he left office. he's redeemed himself a bit in the post-presidency. love him or not, he's unique. as david said, in his generation, he's unique. there is nobody like him. like every clinton speech, it could use an editor. but like every clinton speech, it was aimed like hammer on nail what he views the problem. remember, he used to be fond of telling you -- he calls me johnny, i call him governor -- i was george mcgovern's campaign manager, this and that, and what did he do? a direct appeal to young voters. he knows the problems president obama faces as the electorate, and he went at it like a campaign manager. the question is can he move votes? alex says lock the doors. i'm not so sure just in the sense of there is such a tiny slice of the electorate out there that is movable, are they goin
thank you, president obama. an asses ancestral home of the first people of alaska. >> i spent half my life covering bill clinton. love him or not, and there are a lot of people in the not column. he was a polarizing guy when he left office. he's redeemed himself a bit in the post-presidency. love him or not, he's unique. as david said, in his generation, he's unique. there is nobody like him. like every clinton speech, it could use an editor. but like every clinton speech, it was aimed...
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the new poll shows barack obama beating romney by 10 points. >> obama had a pretty good week in the polls in ohio and florida but the real winner this week, the nfl football fans. >> the temps are out. the old referees are back in. and if the referees won, i think nfl fans won. >> now they can stop complaining about the replacement refs and start complaining about the regular refs. >> nfl referees, they had the best week and they're good unlike those replacement refs, but they are bad. maybe
the new poll shows barack obama beating romney by 10 points. >> obama had a pretty good week in the polls in ohio and florida but the real winner this week, the nfl football fans. >> the temps are out. the old referees are back in. and if the referees won, i think nfl fans won. >> now they can stop complaining about the replacement refs and start complaining about the regular refs. >> nfl referees, they had the best week and they're good unlike those replacement refs,...
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obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. we heard a story in that clip that you played. his story was all the problems were caused by republicans for the last eight years. it was bill clinton that seened financial deregulation, democrats who sat and stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac, which helped create the mortgage crisis. he told a great story. problem is he used some facts that helped him and ignored some facts that didn't help him. it was vintage clinton, great t
obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i...
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michelle obama, bill clinton, president obama did a better job making their case, selling their case to the american people. one other thing, though. that 47% remark governor romney made at that fund-raiser back in may that was released just last week, that's breaking through. i was in michigan last week. when you travel the country and talk to people, if you talk to pollsters they say it has hurt governor romney again on that fundamental question, who would best handle the economy and who represents your values. that has hurt. >> gloria, thank you. john king, thanks. >>> we got breaking news ahead on the program. for months, we have been reporting on charities that take your money and then don't deliver on their promises. tonight, the single largest fund-raising company in the world, quadriga art, will now have to answer questions from the u.s. senate about their financials. the latest coming up. jen's car wasn't handling well. so i brought it to mike at meineke. we gave her car a free road handling check. i like free. free is good. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> unbelievable
michelle obama, bill clinton, president obama did a better job making their case, selling their case to the american people. one other thing, though. that 47% remark governor romney made at that fund-raiser back in may that was released just last week, that's breaking through. i was in michigan last week. when you travel the country and talk to people, if you talk to pollsters they say it has hurt governor romney again on that fundamental question, who would best handle the economy and who...
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president obama did not do that tonight. that's why i believe his speech really came short. >> david gergen, your top takeaway? >> two. as a native of north carolina, i'm hugely proud of what charlotte did. terrific convention. secondly, wolf, i said last night that the democrats had two back-to-back rousing evenings, unexpectedly strong. if they could have a third, they could potentially break this race open. i think they did not do that tonight. they fell a little short of that. it's part because president obama had to be presidential. he gave a strong speech but it didn't sweep you off your feet. it's still a tight race and that first debate is going to be crucial. >> candy, i want you to weigh in on this. i carefully read the speech as he was delivering it. he rarely deviates. he deviated twice today. he said no company should have to look for workers overseas because they couldn't find workers at home. and he said, we believe that a little girl who is offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or grant for colleg
president obama did not do that tonight. that's why i believe his speech really came short. >> david gergen, your top takeaway? >> two. as a native of north carolina, i'm hugely proud of what charlotte did. terrific convention. secondly, wolf, i said last night that the democrats had two back-to-back rousing evenings, unexpectedly strong. if they could have a third, they could potentially break this race open. i think they did not do that tonight. they fell a little short of that....
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michelle obama is. >> michelle obama. i thought knocked it out of the park, as you americans would say. >> my first thought was, and i see here, this is an extremely impressive and attractive woman. >> but the media mavens were just warming up. when the 42nd president took the stage for a long, folksy, and colorful speech -- dimension it was long? it was a blast from the past for those of us who covered him in the '90s. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. [ applause ] >> heck, he even appointed hillary. [ laughter ] ♪ >> president clinton may have just made a better argument for the obama administration than the obama administration has been able to make for itself. >> just an amazing speech, i thought. >> i have to tell you, this may have been the best speech i have ever heard bill clinton deliver over all of these years. >> he's the most talented politician i've ever covered and the most charming man i ever met. no one in my view can mount an
michelle obama is. >> michelle obama. i thought knocked it out of the park, as you americans would say. >> my first thought was, and i see here, this is an extremely impressive and attractive woman. >> but the media mavens were just warming up. when the 42nd president took the stage for a long, folksy, and colorful speech -- dimension it was long? it was a blast from the past for those of us who covered him in the '90s. >> president obama appointed several members of his...
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i'm voting for obama. i can't believe mitt romney could win this election but i'm also in the state of mind that that would just been so appalling to me. i can't believe that it could be true. >> he's been working the "you don't understand me" ticket. he went on kelly and michael. let's have a look at this. >> honey booboo or snooki? >> do you know who either of these two -- >> i'm kind of a snooki fan. >> has a baby now. >> look how tiny she's gotten. she's lost weight and she's energetic. just her spark plug personality. >> he's never heard of of snooki or honey booboo. >> of course. that's what he's watching at night, back-to-back. they say every election is a crucial election. i'm not of that -- i think that's -- yes, it's crucial but clearly in four years, obviously a lot can't get done in four years anyway so even if worse came to worse and we had this guy for four years, would any of the things he said he would do actually happen? i doubt it. i doubt it would be that easily affected. i think you do
i'm voting for obama. i can't believe mitt romney could win this election but i'm also in the state of mind that that would just been so appalling to me. i can't believe that it could be true. >> he's been working the "you don't understand me" ticket. he went on kelly and michael. let's have a look at this. >> honey booboo or snooki? >> do you know who either of these two -- >> i'm kind of a snooki fan. >> has a baby now. >> look how tiny she's...
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an up-or-down vote against obama. voters aren't going to see him as a viable alternative. there are two big dynamics there. and a lot of the voters i talked to, even though they were disappointed in obama, and some are reluctant to vote for him again, some of them don't think he has had enough time and that he didn't create the crisis, he inherited the crisis. and that has held obama up even though it's still tough times. >>> the red line had become a major issue in the 2012 election, how to stop iran in getting nuclear weapons coming up. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female annou
an up-or-down vote against obama. voters aren't going to see him as a viable alternative. there are two big dynamics there. and a lot of the voters i talked to, even though they were disappointed in obama, and some are reluctant to vote for him again, some of them don't think he has had enough time and that he didn't create the crisis, he inherited the crisis. and that has held obama up even though it's still tough times. >>> the red line had become a major issue in the 2012 election,...
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this is an uphill fight for the obama campaign historically, isn't it? >> it really is an uphill fight. the argument they're making it is things would be much better if the republicans weren't standing in the way and you hear this from the president and top aides. they point to the fact that the president submitted his jobs bill, yet it sits there in congress, they haven't moved on it yet. he said if they passed this jobs bill, a million more jobs would be creating. they keep going back to the trend line. they say the economy is adding jobs so they're not subtracting at all. the jobs are not being added the way that some of the economists had expected that there would be bigger numbers, but they point to the fact that jobs are being added, not subtracted and that's the message they're telling the voters out there. >> we'll see who voters believe. susan hendricks joins us. >> there's nond to the ongoing violence in syria. security forces killed at least 100 people across the country today. many of those deaths occurred in key cities of damascus and oleso.
this is an uphill fight for the obama campaign historically, isn't it? >> it really is an uphill fight. the argument they're making it is things would be much better if the republicans weren't standing in the way and you hear this from the president and top aides. they point to the fact that the president submitted his jobs bill, yet it sits there in congress, they haven't moved on it yet. he said if they passed this jobs bill, a million more jobs would be creating. they keep going back...
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also, barack obama was a singular kind of figure. if he were to win and he did, it would make history. that created its own sort of energy. and towards the end of the election and this is why i've started to chaf yesterday about the four years later question, because you have to have absolute amnesia to not realize that we thought the economy was falling apart. and we -- and people started to say, we actually need a person to save the country. that was the last two months of that election, the country literally may be in danger. >> i stopped going to the gym in september of '08 because i remember being so stressed watching the monitors, it was freaking me out. >> it was an incredible thing. the dow -- if you were an individual investor in 2008, the dow towards the beginning of 2008 in january was approaching 12,000. by november of 2008, the dow was about 7500. if you're an individual investor or you are close to retirement, had a 401(k), you were freaking out. and we had dk mccain suspended his campaign, it was a real part of what wa
also, barack obama was a singular kind of figure. if he were to win and he did, it would make history. that created its own sort of energy. and towards the end of the election and this is why i've started to chaf yesterday about the four years later question, because you have to have absolute amnesia to not realize that we thought the economy was falling apart. and we -- and people started to say, we actually need a person to save the country. that was the last two months of that election, the...
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president obama weighs 176 pounds. so this wasn't too heavy a lift for him. >> all right peter hamby in richmond, virginia, this morning. who picks up the president? who picks up the president? >> secret service wasn't all over that guy. >> pick up the president and ali velshi at the same time. >> he probably could. >> ali is in for soledad. >> it's like a weight joke. monday morning. not even 4:00 in the morning in california. >> good morning. >> right now chicago teachers on strike this morning for the first time in 25 years. why have the talks failed? school board president david vitale joins us live. with over 8% unemployment, millions of people looking for work, the jobs crisis in america is the issue of 2012 presidential election. how do the candidates differ on their plans to fix the struggling economy? cnn is going in-depth on the issue all week long this morning former u.s. treasury secretary larry summers joins us live. and nfl star linebacker caught in the middle of a political fire storm this morning for su
president obama weighs 176 pounds. so this wasn't too heavy a lift for him. >> all right peter hamby in richmond, virginia, this morning. who picks up the president? who picks up the president? >> secret service wasn't all over that guy. >> pick up the president and ali velshi at the same time. >> he probably could. >> ali is in for soledad. >> it's like a weight joke. monday morning. not even 4:00 in the morning in california. >> good morning. >>...
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if this was just an attack by the obama campaign and obama was standing in front of the camera saying this is what i think about what he did at bain, it's a very different thing. but using words like harvesting. what does that make the people who lost their jobs, the chaff? what does that make them? this is the worst kind of abusive language that you can possibly imagine. >> the problem for him is it plays to, kristen, i will come back to you on this, it plays to this sense there's always been about mitt romney that he's too rich, too detached. with that comes a kind of arrogance and disconnect from the average american. these two things, his bain record and the taxes issue and the 47%, it all just morphs into a picture that he's just not one of them. >> yeah, but you know what, when we were living in times of peace and prosperity we have the luxury of trying to vote for the president who's the guy we would go get a beer with. you have unemployment over 8% for 43 months. when we're not living in a time of peace or prosperity, i think those issues of how much do i like this guy and how
if this was just an attack by the obama campaign and obama was standing in front of the camera saying this is what i think about what he did at bain, it's a very different thing. but using words like harvesting. what does that make the people who lost their jobs, the chaff? what does that make them? this is the worst kind of abusive language that you can possibly imagine. >> the problem for him is it plays to, kristen, i will come back to you on this, it plays to this sense there's always...
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he did a lot of the dirty work for obama and a lot of the heavy lifting for obama. i think that was one of the biggest challenges, not only was he competing against obama from 2004 and 2008 but bill clinton from the night before who set the bar very, very high for him. >> i want to the speech looking for a very specific agenda this president wanted to pursue if elected. you're in congress, i didn't get that from last night. i still don't know in january what he's going to tell you guys in congress to do. he talked about very -- talked about goals in terms of manufacturing jobs and the deficit, but what is the president's legislative agenda? >> no matter what his legislative agenda is going to be, he's going to accomplish it if we continue to elect republican majority that do nothing and stop the president from succeeding. >> let's assume you win back the house, what are you going to do? >> he talked about how you rebuild the middle class and create manufacturing jobs and retoolg the energy industry and more jobs in clean technology. we can no longer grow an economy
he did a lot of the dirty work for obama and a lot of the heavy lifting for obama. i think that was one of the biggest challenges, not only was he competing against obama from 2004 and 2008 but bill clinton from the night before who set the bar very, very high for him. >> i want to the speech looking for a very specific agenda this president wanted to pursue if elected. you're in congress, i didn't get that from last night. i still don't know in january what he's going to tell you guys in...
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anybody obama does is wrong. he overstepped the bounds in my opinion when he the president seemed to be siding with the terrorists. >> are they expressing any regret with this? >> they are not. they believe they are being criticized for criticizing exactly the same thing that president obama ended up disavowing. what it makes it look like is that they are trying to pick a fight here with president obama on foreign policy. and that they were looking for something and this was out there and they did it and they acted too quickly. >> in these elections, as you know, doug, we often hear about it in october. right now, this is sort of a september surprise. is this likely to have a huge impact come november 6th? >> well, you toe, wolf, imagine if barack obama had not gotten osama bin laden and gadhafi. the killing of those two terrorists gives him a kind of foreign policy credential is obama's egyptian policy working? egypt is a great friend. anwar sadat has been our great friend. as cnn is reporting so well, this is a
anybody obama does is wrong. he overstepped the bounds in my opinion when he the president seemed to be siding with the terrorists. >> are they expressing any regret with this? >> they are not. they believe they are being criticized for criticizing exactly the same thing that president obama ended up disavowing. what it makes it look like is that they are trying to pick a fight here with president obama on foreign policy. and that they were looking for something and this was out...
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obama. what the latest poll is showing, august 1st through september 16th, 70% are backing the president, 20% for romney. this certainly dividing the jewish vote. >> it's just fascinating, poppy, to hear folks talk about it, debate about it. clearly both sides very passionate about this, the fact that they even spoke to you during the holy day, that is quite amazing. thank you very much. appreciate your reporting. >>> so do you have an i.d.? 31 states have laws that require voters to show them at the polls. minority votes say their votes may not count. >>> people cleaning up one of the pretty spots on the planet, recycling the trash and giving a place for people to live. this is an echo brick. this is the container. this is where you stuff all the wrappers, all the plastic bags, everything that is synthetic and inorganic trash. and then you have an echo brick ready for construction. i'm suzanna, the founder of the movement. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ â
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president obama did none of that. president obama said, i don't like this plan, and then offered nothing in return. >> well, he did come close with the deal with john boehner. they were negotiating -- >> that wasn't even close to fixing the problem. it was a small or is medium-sized deal -- look, cutting a backroom deal that gives you plausible didn't is not leadership. offering a plan, submitting a budget to congress that fixes the problem, that's leadership. and we haven't seen it for four years from president obama. >> now, the gm plant in janesville, you're getting some grief on that. do you want to revise or amend -- >> no, i don't want to revise -- >> -- what you said. just to remind our viewers, you said that the president came there, and he did come there, in february of 2008, and he said, you know, if the government takes action, you guys will have a plant here for a hundred years. but they announced that plant was shutting down in june of 2008. that was during the bush administration. >> well, it's still idl
president obama did none of that. president obama said, i don't like this plan, and then offered nothing in return. >> well, he did come close with the deal with john boehner. they were negotiating -- >> that wasn't even close to fixing the problem. it was a small or is medium-sized deal -- look, cutting a backroom deal that gives you plausible didn't is not leadership. offering a plan, submitting a budget to congress that fixes the problem, that's leadership. and we haven't seen it...
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but barack obama gets it. he understands that when we invest in people, we're investing in our shared prosperity. and when we neglect that responsibility, we risk our promise as a nation. just a few years ago, families that had never asked for anything found themselves at risk of losing everything. and the dream my grandmother held that work would be rewarded, that the middle class would be there, if not for her, then for her children, that dream was being crushed. but then, president obama took office and he took action. when detroit was in trouble, president obama saved the auto industry, and saved a million jobs. seven presidents before him, republicans and democrats, tried to expand health care to all americans. president obama got it done. he made a historic investment to lift our nation's public schools and expanded pel grants so that more young people could afford college. and because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation fro
but barack obama gets it. he understands that when we invest in people, we're investing in our shared prosperity. and when we neglect that responsibility, we risk our promise as a nation. just a few years ago, families that had never asked for anything found themselves at risk of losing everything. and the dream my grandmother held that work would be rewarded, that the middle class would be there, if not for her, then for her children, that dream was being crushed. but then, president obama...
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senator obama, president obama, same guy, same problem. white working class voters have always been a weakness. they're coming up a little bit, that's probably the sugar high, the romney campaign says, but that's something you want to watch after the campaign. working cloesz voters, guys who get their hands dirty, clinton not only had policies that worked for them and got them jobs, he talks in a way that's more familiar to them. clinton's language is very approachable, even when's talking about complex things, he does nit a very approachable way, where the president, president obama, sometimes sounds like a professor. >> it's interesting, some republican were e-mailing me or tweeting me, asking, why are we taking this speech from the former president live, because we think we're doing the work of the obama campaign. i said, simple answer. if the former president on the republican side, george w. bush out there were campaigning for mitt romney, we'd take that live as well. >> and look, it is kind of unusual for him to have a role to this e
senator obama, president obama, same guy, same problem. white working class voters have always been a weakness. they're coming up a little bit, that's probably the sugar high, the romney campaign says, but that's something you want to watch after the campaign. working cloesz voters, guys who get their hands dirty, clinton not only had policies that worked for them and got them jobs, he talks in a way that's more familiar to them. clinton's language is very approachable, even when's talking...
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then it was president obama's turn. cnn's white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us with the latest details. >> reporter: no surprise immigration was a top topic during this forum. president obama saying his biggest failure as president was not getting comprehensive immigration reform done. but he said it wasn't for a lack of trying or desire and he blamed congressional republicans. as president obama courted the hispanic vote in a forum on the spanish language univision network. he got some tough questions, co-host jorge ramos asked about his 2008 pledge to tackle immigration reform in his first term. >> this is very important. i don't want it to get lost in translation. you promised them and a promise is a promise. with all due respect, you didn't keep that promise. >> i did not make a promise that i would get everything done 100% when i was elected as president. what i promised was that i would work every single day as hard as i can to make sure that everybody in this country, regardless of who they are,
then it was president obama's turn. cnn's white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us with the latest details. >> reporter: no surprise immigration was a top topic during this forum. president obama saying his biggest failure as president was not getting comprehensive immigration reform done. but he said it wasn't for a lack of trying or desire and he blamed congressional republicans. as president obama courted the hispanic vote in a forum on the spanish language univision...
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in virginia and florida, obama 49, romney 44. they're beginning to get very depressed, the republicans, when they see these numbers. no republican has ever been elected without at least ohio. how worried should they be? >> if you ask any republican now if the election today was held, most republicans would say unfortunately it looks like president obama is leading. ohio and florida are in a close election, which is going to be must win for mitt romney. there are varying polls on virginia. virginia is looking strong for president obama but it's all over the map. president obama certainly has more paths to victory than mitt romney. he has to win florida and ohio and pick up nevada, colorado, iowa, new hampshire, wisconsin's in play. polls a snapshot of where we are now. you're right, it was before all of this tumult in the middle east began again. to the extent they represent a trend line tells us something. ohio is the only one of the three you mentioned that i think republicans are beginning to think is light blue and may be gone
in virginia and florida, obama 49, romney 44. they're beginning to get very depressed, the republicans, when they see these numbers. no republican has ever been elected without at least ohio. how worried should they be? >> if you ask any republican now if the election today was held, most republicans would say unfortunately it looks like president obama is leading. ohio and florida are in a close election, which is going to be must win for mitt romney. there are varying polls on virginia....
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you and i both covered michelle obama, barack obama, four years ago. michelle at that time really seemed like there was a lot on her plate. and there was the reverend wright issue. there was the patriotism issue. and there was a little bit of tension four years ago. she has blossomed and her popularity has exploded here. what does she need to do tonight? how do you think this is going to be any different? >> i think exactly what she's been doing throughout her term as first lady. i mean, you and i know there was a time earlier that michelle obama was a tougher, do we want to say, just, you know, publicly was kind of more involved and eventually she -- they changed her hair style and she -- look, in the white house, she has become more popular than her husband. her approval rating is higher. she's taken on issues like child obesity. she's got that garden she put out there. she is such a tremendous role model, sort of as a mother, because she says all the time, as you know, and did then, my girls are my first priority. >> right, she did. >> i think that
you and i both covered michelle obama, barack obama, four years ago. michelle at that time really seemed like there was a lot on her plate. and there was the reverend wright issue. there was the patriotism issue. and there was a little bit of tension four years ago. she has blossomed and her popularity has exploded here. what does she need to do tonight? how do you think this is going to be any different? >> i think exactly what she's been doing throughout her term as first lady. i mean,...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. >>> the regular nfl refs take the field tonight for the first time since the super bowl and we have to point to that monday night debacle for getting the deal done. let's bring some peter schmuck, he's on the phone. morning, peter. i'm really happy that the regular refs are back. i'm predicting there will be a standing ovation in the stadium in baltimore for these refs tonight. >> you're probably right. i don't know that they're going to actually introduce them, but i think everybody that is an nfl fan is rejoicing today that this national nightmare is over. but let's step back just a bit and realize that it's very p
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. >>> the regular nfl refs take the field tonight for the first...
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. >> reporter: the reason obama's yes has an asterisk -- under obama's watch, concealed weapons are now allowed on amtrak trains and in national parks. >> he's continued to pay lip service to those things but he hasn't shown real leadership in pursuing those changes. >> yes, background checks have gotten more thorough under president obama. but the big problem remains gun shows and internet. specifically unlicensed dealers selling firearms to buyers with no background check needed. president obama has supported closing the gun show loophole in the past. but the white house says his focus now is on existing laws. governor romney says no to any further regulation of gun shows. >> there's no particular change in law whothat's going to keep people who are going to do harm to do harm. >> we should do anything and everything to keep criminals from purchasing weapons. >> reporter: so obama says he wants tougher gun laws, little was done during his first term. republican governor romney has said he's done more in the past. . >>> we're looking at some of the key issues that could decide the pres
. >> reporter: the reason obama's yes has an asterisk -- under obama's watch, concealed weapons are now allowed on amtrak trains and in national parks. >> he's continued to pay lip service to those things but he hasn't shown real leadership in pursuing those changes. >> yes, background checks have gotten more thorough under president obama. but the big problem remains gun shows and internet. specifically unlicensed dealers selling firearms to buyers with no background check...